ASUS GTX 1080 Strix Review

Shadow of Mordor

Yes it's new game time again. Well, old new game. There was much controversy about Shadow of Mordor upon release, none of which is within our remit to go into, but it is a great test of a graphics card and capable of 4K resolutions smoothly. Or at least it's smooth on the GTX 1080 Strix. My Precious.

Most Recent Comments

I have to say I'm impressed! Right from the beginning I was very negative about this card due to the issues with the 980 Ti version with the sagging and the cooler design. It seems ASUS fixed that with this version and the 2 x PWM headers are a godsent!

It's certainly a card I will consider now, even though I did say I was probably going for the EVGA GTX 1080 Hybrid, I'm really not so sure anymore. Granted a hybrid version of the Strix would have been lovely, but in the end water cooling is just a luxury thing and it's something I can always consider adding later on with an EK block and Predator AIO to keep things simple.Quote

I personally prefer the look of the previous Strix, but the fact that this is truly RGB makes it a lot more enticing. I'm looking forward to seeing what ASUS do with AMD Vega in this Strix DC3 version. That should be a lovely update.Quote

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